Essential Personnel

jrbl77, RN · Feb 12, 2014

I don't know what type of centers or hospitals everyone works at, but my sister is an SR accountant at an area hospital. She was informed that she was expected to be in, no matter how much snow was on the ground. It doesn't seem to me that the accounting dept. is a matter of life and death. I am so thankful that I have had a job change this past year that allows me to work from home or stay home if needed.

LadysSolo · Feb 13, 2014

When I worked at a hospital 30 miles from home, there were times when the state highway patrol closed the roads between where I lived and the hospital, I just called and told them. But I only missed 4 days in the 23 years I worked there due to weather. People who lived in town regularly called off due to weather (really?) when I made it in.......

explorereb96, ADN, BSN · Feb 13, 2014

Back in the 90's, I remember having a bad snow/ice storm. I lived in Pennsylvania and worked at a hospital. They told us that if we couldn't get in, they would pick us up. They told us to pack a bag for at least 2 days. They would provide breakfast, lunch and dinner...free. We had a whole floor (had been closed anyway for about a year to renovate). They used EMS (the transport vehicles not the ones with paramedics) to haul us in. The only bad thing was that they couldn't promise a ride home after roads were passable. Family or friends had to come get you, or you could ride with another staff member who had their vehicle there. In the end, it ended up ok. But yes, I DO remember riding in the back of the ambulance to work as "essential personel."

westieluv · Feb 14, 2014

As a dialysis nurse who must go to work no matter what, I have been wondering just how many dialysis nurses and techs were sitting in that quagmire traffic on those expressways in Atlanta, Charlotte, and Raleigh over the past few days. That looked beyond awful!